Fashion Design

Language

Spanish

Start date

September 2023

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

On campus

Duration

4 Years

Credits

240 ECTS

Price

€12,900

Turn your passion for fashion into a career, create patterns and designs, use ground-breaking new technologies with the traditional crafts of old.

Art that looks to the future! The IED Madrid Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design is a comprehensive fashion design program based on the study of the conceptual, methodological and technical tools you need to create innovative fashion projects for the complex and competitive fashion market of today.

As a fashion design specialist you’ll learn to comprehend current aesthetic, cultural and functional needs to create new designs for the future.

Right from the very first year, you’ll begin collaborating with fashion brands and professionals working in the sector, developing real projects with the technical and artistic profile that meets the market’s demands.

You’ll consolidate your project-planning skills so your results meet your client’s expectations, and develop the communication skills you’ll use on a daily basis in the fashion world.

Information to decide

An Official Undergraduate Degree that explores creative design and sustainable fashion with leading professionals in the sector.

With the IED Madrid Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design you’ll have everything you need to find solutions to the challenges of the modern fashion industry.

The complexity of the learning experience increases gradually as you progress. You’ll acquire all the know-how you need in the field of design to create your own garments. As the program continues, you’ll explore the fundamental fields of the fashion world, such as brand identity and image, communication and distribution strategies. 

From the third year of this 4-year program you can choose to specialise in one of the following pathways: Prêt-à-porter, or Communication and Styling. These pathways include workshops, intensive Labs and real hands-on projects.

What’s more, you’ll be studying with a team of lecturers that includes professionals who’ve already made their mark in the sector. You’ll also be collaborating with various fashion brands and companies in a hands-on work environment that puts you in touch with the working fashion world.

This program is for people who want to explore the limits of their creative talent and focus on designing clothing for both men and women; students interested in the pattern-making process, modelling and creating patterns to develop collections from scratch.

It’s also ideal for those who want to work in fashion communication and creative direction, after learning the ins and out of the technical side of the fashion industry.

The program gives you a panoramic understanding of the fashion industry: from ideation and brainstorming ideas to participating at fairs and project communication. 

The Official Undergraduate Degree in Design, specialising in Fashion Design is a degree from a prestigious school, proof of your creative and project management abilities, as well as the experience you’ve gained. 

Under the guidance of your lecturers, professionals working in the sector, you’ll be collaborating from the very first year with fashion companies and professional designers, developing projects in a real work context. 

You’ll study at IED Madrid in the Altamira Palace, participate in fashion workshops equipped with the specific machines used in the industry, to put all the knowledge you’ve acquired into practice.

You also have the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus programme to gain experience in other countries leading the field in fashion design. 

All this in the city of Madrid, a vibrant hub of fashion design, where major brands have their Spanish headquarters and are constantly looking for new creative talent.

Syllabus

What will you learn?

In the first year of the course you’ll acquire the basics of design, learn the fundamentals of pattern making, colour and volume, and study the history of clothing and textiles. 



Science Applied to Design

Eco-design
Scientific Fundamentals of Design



Design Fundamentals

Design Fundamentals / Analysis
Design Fundamentals / Ideation



The History of Art and Design

Art History and Theory



The History of Fashion Design

The History of Clothing and Textiles



Representation and Communication Languages and Techniques

Colour
Sketching / Communication
Sketching / Representation
Representation Systems
Digital Technology
Volume



Pattern Design and Garment Making

Pattern Design
Dressmaking and Tailoring Techniques

What will you learn?

You’ll acquire more in-depth knowledge of the subjects studied in the first year, while learning to use basic fashion design tools. 



Design Culture

Design Theory and Culture



The Artistic Basis of Fashion

Fashion Sketching
The Sculptural Object and Clothing



The History of Art and Design

The History of Fashion
Design History and Theory



Representation Languages and Techniques

Photography and Audiovisual Design
Expression and Communication Techniques



Fashion Design Materials and Technology

Fashion Representation Systems
Textile Technology Materials
Textile Technology Media



Pattern Design and Garment Making

Industrial Pattern Design
Dressmaking and Tailoring Techniques Processes



Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

Fashion Design Analysis and Ideation
Fashion Design Communication

What will you learn?

From the third year on you’ll start using more complex tools and choose one of two course pathways. 



Core Syllabus

Design Culture

Aesthetics

Styling

Fashion Communication

Show and Audiovisual Media Styling

Styling Projects

Design and Business Management

The History of Fashion Design

The History of Contemporary Fashion

The Sociology of Fashion

Fashion Design Materials and Technology

Fashion Product Materials

Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

The Fashion Image



Pathway Syllabus

Prét-á-Porter

Fashion Design Materials and Technology

Production Techniques Ready-to-Wear Fashion

Specific Ready-to-Wear Fashion Technology

Pattern Design and Garment Making

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Pattern Design

Industrial Garment Manufacturing Prototyping

Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Design Development

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Design Processes



Communication and Styling

Fashion Design Materials and Technology

Production Techniques Communication

Specific Styling Technology

Pattern Design and Garment Making

Fitting

Creative Modelling

Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

Styling Development 6

Styling Processes

What will you learn?

In the fourth year you’ll explore your identity as a fashion designer, develop a final project in your area of specialisation, and gain tutored work experience with companies working in the fashion industry.



Core Syllabus

Design Management

Management, Leadership Techniques and Methods

Fashion Business Management

Fashion Marketing

Career Guidance

Design Culture in a Global Context

Representation and Communication Languages and Techniques

Visual Communication

Fashion Portfolio

Tutored Work Experience

Tutored Work Experience



Pathway Syllabus

Prét-a-Porter

Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Specialisation

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Research

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Materials and Technology

New Technologies Applied to Ready-to-Wear Fashion

Final Project

Prêt-à-Porter Final Project



Communication and Styling

Fashion Design and Clothing Projects

Communication Specialisation

Communication Research

Ready-to-Wear Fashion Materials and Technology

New Technologies Applied to Communication

Final Project

Communication and Styling Final Project

Faculty

Federico Antelo

Teacher

Iván Blanco Fernández

Teacher

Armiche Rodríguez Hernández

Teacher

Julio Numar

Teacher

Eufemio Fernández López

Teacher

Rosa Moreno Laorga

Teacher

Sofía Nieto Recio

Teacher

Dácil Fernández Reig

Teacher

Diana Saldaña

Teacher

Juanjo Gómez

Teacher

Silvia Gómez Cisneros

Teacher

Eva Ortega Laina

Teacher

Iñaki Domingo

Teacher

Enrique González

Teacher

Alexander Calderón

Teacher

María Calvo Frutos

Teacher

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